"I'm sorry Aang. I can't keep lying to you, and to myself"
"Its ok Katara. I understand." I say.
And with that she walks away. Out of my life and out of our camp.
I do not understand. I want to yell, and scream, and make you see how much this is hurting me. Why can't I make you happy? I have given you everything: my heart, my soul, my time, and my love, but it isn't enough. It never has been enough for you.
"Katara" I whisper.
She turns back. The setting sun softly illuminating her outline
"Yes Aang" she says softly looking down as if ashamed.
"Its not enough is it?" I whisper wanting all the hopeless anger to reach her.
"What?" she asks not comprehending, but sensing the hurt in his voice.
"It's not enough for me to love you. It's not enough for one person to be happy. I want you to be happy Katara. I want you to smile. I want you to smile like you do with Zuko."
It feels good to just let everything out. To give up on this illusion of her I've been trying to force upon her. I realise I do understand. She is breaking my heart by leaving, but I would be breaking her's by keeping her with me.
"Aang I- I want you to know that you will always be my friend" she says awkwardly.
"Always" he replied sorely hoping they could ever get back to that pure platonic love he once had for her.
Later that day
"Hey Twinkles. I heard what happened." Toph said bending a boulder up to sit on.
"You know I'll . . . I'll always be here to talk, you know if you . . . um want to" she said obviously feeling awkward.
"You know what I hate most about this Toph? It is such a damn cliché! Boy likes girl, girl stays with boy because of pity, then comes the "Let's just be friends" speech, and then someone always says "I'll be there if you need to talk"" I burst out suddenly.
I want to tell someone what I feel without them flinching away, I want someone who can take my emotions without feeling the need to coddle me
With that the avatar started sobbing heart wrenching sobs that can only come from the first break of a heart, and the Blind Bandit, without any thought to how girly she might look, held the mighty avatar as he sobbed. He didn't have to only have one side of his emotions around Toph. She was the rock that could always weather the storm. With Katara it felt as if everything was scripted. Everything was always done after hesitation. In that moment he realized his second revelation of the day. He liked being with someone who didn't hesitate. He liked having someone who truly liked him in the way he needed, and with Toph's arms around him his heart began to mend. Katara had still hurt him, but maybe he could let someone else in.
A/N Sorry to anyone who really liked this chapter, but I looked at it again and realized that it really sucks. So I fixed it (hopefully). Tell me if you like it. Constructive criticism is always welcome!